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RESOLUTION NO. 5517
CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
STA TE OF MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION OF APPRECIA TlON FOR FIREFIGHTER JIM HANSEN
WHEREAS, Jim Hansen has been employed by the Spring Lake Park/Blaine/Mounds View Fire
Department for twenty-one years as a volunteer firefighter: and
WHEREAS. Jim joined the Fire Department on September 26, 1979, and was assigned to Station
Two days; and
WHEREAS, Jim was appointed as acting Fire Motor Operator and Acting Captain in the 1980s
and was appointed to the rank of Captain at Station Three in December, 1994: and
WHEREAS. Jim was assigned as Acting District Two Chief, permanently appointed to that
position in January of 1996 and promoted to the rank of Deputy Chief in July of 1999: and
WHEREAS, Jim attended a myriad of special courses and seminars on various areas of fire
fighting and was first certified as Firefighter I, II and III between 1989 and 1992 and has maintained
current certification to the present time; and
. WHEREAS, Jim has met all training requirements and standards and been certified as Fire
Investigator I. II and III by the National Fire Protection Agency; and
WHEREAS, Jim received his Instructor Teaching License in 1988 and was selected to be a
member of the MN Fire Instructors Assn. And Examiner for the State of Minnesota by the Certification
Board in 1990; and
WHEREAS, Jim has responded to more than 3.200 fire calls and attended over 1,675 weekly
drills, participated in public fire education and public relations events and retired on January 31, 2001.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOL VED that I, Richard Sonterre, Mayor of the City of Mounds
View, members of the City Council, employees of the Spring Lake Park/Blaine/Mounds View Fire
Department and residents of the City of Mounds View express our appreciation to Jim Hansen for his
devoted services as Firefighter and Captain.
Presented this 1ih day of February, 2001.
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Rich Son terre, Mayor
ATTEST:
SEAL:
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Kathieen Miller, City Administrator
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